Registration Number 28911
Title Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
Participant(s)
Submitter
ex officio
Places/dates of conclusion
PlaceDate
Geneva22/09/1995
EIF information
5 December 2019 , in accordance with article 17(5) of the Convention which reads as follows: "Instruments of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance of amendments shall be deposited with the Depositary. Amendments adopted in accordance with paragraphs 3 or 4 [of article 17 of the Convention] shall enter into force between Parties having accepted them on the ninetieth day after the receipt by the Depositary of their instrument of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance by at least three-fourths of the Parties who accepted them or by at least two thirds of the Parties to the protocol concerned who accepted them, except as may otherwise be provided in such protocol. The amendments shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after that Party deposits its instrument of ratification, approval, formal confirmation or acceptance of the amendments"
Authentic texts
Spanish
Russian
French
English
Chinese
Arabic
Attachments
ICJ information
Depositary
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Registration Date ex officio 5 December 2019
Subject terms
Pollution
Environment
Basel Convention
Agreement type Multilateral
UNTS Volume Number 3347
Publication format Full
Certificate Of Registration
Text document(s) A-28911-08000002800158c1.pdf
volume-3347-A-28911.pdf
Map(s)
Corrigendum/Addendum/Note
   

ParticipantActionDate of Notification/DepositDate of Effect
AlbaniaAcceptance27/10/200505/12/2019
AlgeriaRatification03/07/201705/12/2019
AndorraAcceptance23/07/199905/12/2019
Antigua and BarbudaRatification23/09/201605/12/2019
ArgentinaRatification19/09/201105/12/2019
AustriaAcceptance17/10/199905/12/2019
BahrainRatification25/07/200505/12/2019
BelgiumRatification20/06/200305/12/2019
BeninRatification22/01/201405/12/2019
BoliviaRatification31/03/200505/12/2019
BotswanaAcceptance17/06/200405/12/2019
BrazilAcceptance22/03/202320/06/2023
Brunei DarussalamAcceptance16/12/200205/12/2019
BulgariaRatification15/02/200005/12/2019
ChileAcceptance12/08/200905/12/2019
ChinaRatification01/05/200105/12/2019
ColombiaRatification10/06/201405/12/2019
CongoRatification02/09/201405/12/2019
Cook IslandsRatification29/06/200405/12/2019
Costa RicaRatification21/11/201919/02/2020
Côte d'IvoireRatification24/09/201305/12/2019
CroatiaRatification06/09/201905/12/2019
CyprusAcceptance07/07/200005/12/2019
Czech RepublicAcceptance28/02/200005/12/2019
DenmarkDeclaration15/04/1998 
DenmarkApproval10/09/199705/12/2019
Dominican RepublicApproval18/03/202416/06/2024
EcuadorRatification06/03/199805/12/2019
EgyptRatification27/01/200405/12/2019
El SalvadorRatification07/12/201505/12/2019
EstoniaRatification02/08/200105/12/2019
EthiopiaRatification08/10/200305/12/2019
European CommunityApproval30/09/199705/12/2019
FinlandAcceptance05/09/199605/12/2019
FranceApproval18/11/200305/12/2019
GambiaRatification07/03/200105/12/2019
GermanyAcceptance24/05/200205/12/2019
GhanaRatification09/06/200505/12/2019
GreeceRatification12/07/201005/12/2019
GuatemalaRatification26/12/201305/12/2019
GuineaRatification06/02/201705/12/2019
HungaryApproval25/05/200405/12/2019
IcelandRatification04/04/201805/12/2019
IndonesiaRatification24/10/200505/12/2019
Iran (Islamic Republic of)Ratification12/01/201605/12/2019
IrelandRatification13/11/200905/12/2019
ItalyRatification03/03/200905/12/2019
JamaicaRatification29/09/201505/12/2019
JordanApproval06/12/200405/12/2019
KenyaAcceptance09/09/200905/12/2019
KuwaitRatification12/05/200605/12/2019
LatviaAcceptance18/12/200305/12/2019
LebanonAcceptance13/10/201705/12/2019
LesothoAcceptance22/02/201205/12/2019
LiberiaAcceptance16/09/200505/12/2019
LiechtensteinAcceptance20/05/200305/12/2019
LithuaniaAcceptance07/11/200305/12/2019
LuxembourgRatification14/08/199705/12/2019
MalawiRatification01/08/201705/12/2019
MalaysiaRatification26/10/200105/12/2019
MaldivesRatification19/06/201705/12/2019
MaltaAcceptance12/12/201105/12/2019
MauritiusRatification09/11/200405/12/2019
MexicoAcceptance12/05/202210/08/2022
MonacoApproval20/03/201305/12/2019
MontenegroSuccession23/10/200605/12/2019
MoroccoApproval10/09/200405/12/2019
NamibiaAcceptance31/08/201805/12/2019
NetherlandsAcceptance22/01/200105/12/2019
NicaraguaRatification13/01/202113/04/2021
NigerApproval05/11/201505/12/2019
NigeriaRatification24/05/200405/12/2019
NorwayAcceptance16/07/199705/12/2019
OmanRatification17/05/200405/12/2019
PanamaRatification07/10/199805/12/2019
ParaguayRatification28/08/199805/12/2019
PeruAcceptance30/03/201505/12/2019
PolandAcceptance29/01/200305/12/2019
PortugalRatification30/10/200005/12/2019
QatarRatification28/02/200205/12/2019
Republic of MoldovaAcceptance18/11/200805/12/2019
RomaniaAcceptance17/07/200205/12/2019
Saudi ArabiaRatification10/01/201305/12/2019
SeychellesAcceptance15/07/201505/12/2019
Sierra LeoneRatification15/06/202013/09/2020
SlovakiaAcceptance11/09/199805/12/2019
SloveniaRatification01/12/200405/12/2019
South AfricaRatification24/06/201605/12/2019
SpainCommunication01/11/2013 
SpainAcceptance07/08/199705/12/2019
Sri LankaRatification29/01/199905/12/2019
St. Kitts and NevisRatification29/08/201905/12/2019
St. LuciaRatification22/01/200205/12/2019
SwedenAcceptance10/09/199705/12/2019
SwitzerlandAcceptance07/11/200205/12/2019
Syrian Arab RepublicRatification05/10/200405/12/2019
ThailandAcceptance09/03/202307/06/2023
The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaRatification18/11/200405/12/2019
Trinidad and TobagoRatification12/01/200005/12/2019
TunisiaRatification26/10/199905/12/2019
TurkeyRatification27/08/200305/12/2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandTerritorial application12/12/2001 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandTerritorial application14/09/2007 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandTerritorial application06/09/2006 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandTerritorial application27/11/2002 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandRatification13/10/199705/12/2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (in respect of Gibraltar)Territorial application11/04/2013 
United Republic of TanzaniaRatification26/08/200205/12/2019
UruguayRatification10/03/199905/12/2019
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of)Acceptance22/11/200205/12/2019
ZambiaRatification27/07/201105/12/2019